Filemaker exporting summarised data

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4 total messages Started by paulm Tue, 29 Sep 1992 02:34

#423

Author: paulm
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 02:34

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I have a Macintosh running Filemaker (1.0v2) under system 6.0.7.  

I would like to export Filemaker data in a summarised format.  E.g. if I have a
(simple) database that looks like this: 

 Product        Tonnes
 Cold Rolled	71
 Hot Rolled		25
 Hot Rolled  	10


I would like to be able to produce a *file* (cf a report) that looks like this:

Product			Tonnes
Cold Rolled		71
Hot Rolled		35


My understanding is that Filemaker (1.0v2) will only export individual records.
 One suggestion made by an IBM person is that I find out if there is a
Macintosh print driver which will print an ascii file to disk, then print a
copy of a layout in the appropriate format.  Is this possible, or is there an
alternative?

Paul.

Re: Filemaker exporting summarised data

#431

Author: Geoff Bronner
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 14:46

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In <1992Sep29.123441.150@vulcan.resmel.bhp.com.au> paulm@steelmel.bhp.com.au writes:

>My understanding is that Filemaker (1.0v2) will only export individual records.
> One suggestion made by an IBM person is that I find out if there is a
>Macintosh print driver which will print an ascii file to disk, then print a
>copy of a layout in the appropriate format.  Is this possible, or is there an
>alternative?

FileMaker Pro 1.0v3 may not be able to help you but FM Pro 2.0 is expected
to be able to export summary data. Has anyone gotten their upgrade yet?

-Geoff
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Re: Filemaker exporting summarised data

#428

Author: Bradley D. Tombaugh
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 15:29

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According to the "What's New in FileMaker Pro (2.0)" booklet,

"You can now export summary data.  Summary data is based on the current
sort order and found set.  FM Pro lets the user choose fields to
summarize by and gives the user the ability to specify the export
order.  See Chapter 8, "Exchanging information," in the
FileMaker Pro (2.0) User's Guide."

So it looks like you can do this if you upgrade to 2.0, which I
guess I would recommend anyway.

Hope this helps...

Bradley D. Tombaugh                AppleLink: Source.One, Attn: Brad Tombaugh
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Re: Filemaker exporting summarised data

#438

Author: Bob Jenner
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 23:19

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In article <1992Sep29.123441.150@vulcan.resmel.bhp.com.au>,
paulm@steelmel.bhp.com.au wrote:
> 
> I have a Macintosh running Filemaker (1.0v2) under system 6.0.7.  
> 
> I would like to export Filemaker data in a summarised format.  E.g. if I have a
> (simple) database that looks like this: 
> 
>  Product        Tonnes
>  Cold Rolled	71
>  Hot Rolled		25
>  Hot Rolled  	10
> 
> 
> I would like to be able to produce a *file* (cf a report) that looks like this:
> 
> Product			Tonnes
> Cold Rolled		71
> Hot Rolled		35
> 
> 
> My understanding is that Filemaker (1.0v2) will only export individual records.
>  One suggestion made by an IBM person is that I find out if there is a
> Macintosh print driver which will print an ascii file to disk, then print a
> copy of a layout in the appropriate format.  Is this possible, or is there an
> alternative?
This can be done using an app. (commercial) called SuperGlue II.
> Paul.


Cheers
Bob Jenner
Northern Territory University
Darwin, Australia

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